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Book Review

A big rivalry, across waves and years

By Bill Littlefield
Globe Correspondent / July 5, 2012
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“Island Cup’’ dissects the 50-year Martha’s Vineyard vs. Nantucket football rivalry through the lens of the 2010 season, breaking itself into sections by month, starting with preseason workouts in August and running through to the Big Game in November. Along the way, author James Sullivan treats us to bits of history and lots of glimpses at the life stories of the key players — and coaches — in this historic island contest.

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Book Review

ISLAND CUP:

Two Teams, Twelve Miles

of Ocean, and Fifty Years

of Football Rivalry

By James Sullivan

Bloomsbury, 292 pp., illustrated, $24